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UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARLAND G. BACON, OF PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LINCOLN, BACON 82; 00., OF SAME PLACE.

ORNAMENTAL CHAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,789,-dated July 8,1884,

Application filed May 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARLAND G. BACON, of Plainville, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Ornamental Chains, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of what are known as rollerthe wire. staples which serve to secure the beads A in parallel rows of alternating beads, as shown in Fig. 1.

To form the edge units of the chain I first cut out a blank, a,'in the form of a cross, as shown in Fig. 3, and fold the radiating arms of the cross in a die to the form shown in the edge elevation, Fig. 4. Ialsoprovideaplain circular disk, 11, (shown in perspective in Fig. 5,) and also a cap, 0. (Shown in section in Fig. 6.) I then arrange an edge unit upon the staple B, as shown in'Fig. 7, by passing the parallel wires of'the staple upward in the opposite notches, d d, of the folded cross a, as

shown in the end view, Fig- 8, and Within the folded arms of the cross I place the disk I), and overthe whole I place the cap 0, and turn the edge of the cape inward, thus securely clasping the folded cross a and forming a-finished head for the staple B. After placing the intervening beads A A A- over the staple-wires, I place the folded cross a between the wires of thestaples, the .wires occupying the op posite notches, d d, of the cross, and twist the ends of the staples together, as shown in Fig. 1, and over the folded ends of the cross a, I place the cap 0 and press the same ina suitable die, thus closing the edge of the caparound thebase of the folded arms of 'the cross, and

forming a desirable finish for the edge units of the chain.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the beads A A,

a a and the caps c a, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the staples B, folded united by the staples B B, of the folded crosses cross a, disk b, and cap a, substantially as described. V

v I HARLAND G. BACON.

Witnessesz' WILLIs P. GUILD,

WALTER .E. 'BARDEN. 

